A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to B+ (Good) from B++ (Good) and issuer credit ratings to “bbb-” from “bbb” of Interstate Bankers Casualty Company of Chicago, Ill. The rating outlook has been revised to negative from …
Former Jacksonville, Ark., police officer John Forte has won his workers’ compensation claim over post-traumatic stress disorder. The ruling is believed to be the first time an Arkansas law officer has won such a claim when there was no physical …
On April 1 a new city ordinance in Lyons, Kan., will allow golf cart drivers on the town’s streets. Lyons Police Chief Chris Detmer says he’s happy the ordinance was passed, because it will allow police to pursue serious traffic …
Caliber Collision Centers, an Irvine, Calif.-based operator of collision repair facilities in California and Texas, has acquired Bracken Collision in San Antonio, Texas. The center will operate as Caliber Collision Center – 281 N. With the addition of the 281 …
The operator of a crane that tilted and hit a 25-story building near Wall Street, sending debris plummeting to the ground and causing several evacuations, had his license suspended Sunday because he didn’t secure the crane properly, a Department of …
A small plane that had issued a distress call and was trying to land on an upstate New York roadway crashed Sunday afternoon, seriously injuring two women aboard, authorities said. Firefighters pulled the women from the downed aircraft after the …
Cars use lights, bells and buzzers to remind drivers to fasten their seat belts as they start their engines. It would seem natural, then, to offer motorists friendly, yet stern warnings about another bad habit: holding a cell phone while …
A northeastern Pennsylvania utility worker has been burned in an underground fire that occurred while he worked to restore service during a power outage. Officials from PPL say the unidentified man was hospitalized in stable condition after sustaining burns early …
A state police fire marshal is investigating a blaze that destroyed the clubhouse at a western Pennsylvania golf course. Murrysville police Chief Thomas Seefeld says his officers were on routine patrol when they saw smoke at the Rolling Fields Golf …
Residents of a southern Louisville neighborhood have sued Nuplex Resins over a chemical spill that sent vapors through sewer pipes. The Louisville Courier-Journal reported that three people filed the suit last Friday in Jefferson Circuit Court over the Feb. 1 …